AQUATEC ™

WATER BATH HEATERS

HEATEC
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Heatec 400,000 Btu/hour water-bath heater for heating natural gas. Has a natural draft burner.
AQUATEC™ is the name for a new series of
water-bath heaters from Heatec. The name distin-
guishes this line of heaters from the many other
types of heaters we make. Aquatec heaters are
used mostly to heat fuel gas and liquids such as
crude oil.
The heater is used to heat fuel gas at power
generation plants, compressor stations and well-
heads. The gas is heated before its pressure is
reduced. Heating fuel gas while it is still at a high
pressure keeps ice crystals and hydrates from
forming in the lines when its pressure is reduced
for combustion. Ice and hydrates can cause
major damage to gas-fired turbines and other
equipment.
The heater is used to heat crude oil at offshore
platforms and refineries. The oil is heated to re-
duce its viscosity so it can be easily pumped.
Aquatec heaters are normally gas-fired. Outputs
of our standard models range from 0.65 million
to 9 million Btu/hour. They may be customized to
suit your needs. They can be configured for use in
hazardous areas (Class 1, Div.1 or 2) where safe-
ty is a concern. And they can also be designed to
operate in isolated areas where electrical power
is not available.
Heater Construction
Aquatec heaters are skid-mounted, factory-wired
and piped. Key components of the heater are the
heater shell, burner, furnace tube, serpentine
tube bundles, and expansion chamber. (Please
see illustration).
The furnace tube may be either a single U-tube
or multiple U-tubes, depending on Btu needed.
Likewise, one or more burners may be used.
Burners that operate on a forced draft using a
blower can be used. Or, burners that operate on
natural draft without a blower can be used.
Tube bundles and furnace tubes are removable
as required by API-12. The heaters are externally
insulated and have an aluminum skin.
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AQUATEC
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LEVEL SWITCHES EXPANSION CHAMBER
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PART NO. ???????

ALUMINUM LEVEL GAGE

SKIN GAS INLET
INSULATION

HEATER
SHELL GAS OUTLET
EXHAUST
STACK MANWAY

SERPENTINE TUBE
BUNDLES (FINS SKID
OPTIONAL)

TURBULATOR
FULLY MODULATING
BURNER WITH FURNACE U-TUBE
BLOWER* (FINS OPTIONAL)

*NOTE: NATURAL DRAFT BURNERS

FUEL PREHEATING
ARE NON-MODULATING AND HAVE (NOT SHOWN) IS
NO BLOWER UL-APPROVED OPTIONAL
CONTROL PANEL

NEW AQUATEC WATER-BATH HEATER

How The Heater Works

Gas or liquid products are heated
to 130–150 degrees F as they
flow through tube bundles in the
heater. The tube bundles are
heated indirectly by a water bath
that surrounds the tube bundles
and the furnace tube.
To avoid creating unwanted
condensates, high temperature
burner gases do not heat the tube
bundles directly. If the high tem-
perature gases were allowed to
come into direct contact with the
tube bundles (which are at a rela-
tively low temperature), moisture
in the gas would condense on the Heatec 670,000 Btu/hour water-bath heater for heating natural
tube bundles and create a corrosive liquid. gas. It has a natural draft burner.
The expansion chamber stores water overflow
created by expansion. It also serves as water
saver by reducing evaporation.
About Heatec Aquatec™ forced draft heaters
Heatec has been in busi-
ness since 1977. We Btu/
Gas Gas
Gas Flow
design, manufacture Length Width Height inlet outlet Net Weight
Basic Model hour Rate
(feet) (feet) (feet) temp temp (pounds)
and service heating and (million) (MMSCFD)
(degF) (degF)
storage systems. These
products are used in the WB-65F 0.65 21 6 6 3 100 150 15,511

hot mix asphalt indus- WB-150F 1.5 32 7 7 9 100 150 25,918

try and numerous other WB-300F 3 34 9 9 16 100 150 36,534
industries. WB-500F 5 49 11 11 27 100 150 50,694

You will find Heatec prod- WB-700F 7 58 11 11 38 100 150 63,081

ucts at chemical plants, WB-900F 9 61 11 11 48 100 150 76,124
at oil-and-gas refineries, Heights shown include expansion tank, but do not include the stack.
on off shore platforms
and on barges. You will Aquatec™ natural draft heaters
also find them at power
generation plants, wood Btu/ Gas Flow
Gas Gas
Length Width Height inlet outlet Net Weight
product manufacturers, Basic Model hour
(feet) (feet) (feet)
Rate
temp temp (pounds)
food producers, textile (million) (MMSCFD)
(degF) (degF)
factories, pharmaceutical
WB-65N 0.65 19 7 7 3 100 150 11,004
companies, roofing man-
WB-150N 1.5 32 6 6 9 100 150 20,370
ufacturers and others.
WB-300N 3 44 7 7 16 100 150 30,747
Heatec products include
WB-500N 5 50 8 8 27 100 150 41,479
heaters, vaporizers,
and heat recovery units. WB-700N 7 52 11 11 38 100 150 55,002

The heaters are either WB-900N 9 61 11 11 48 100 150 66,853

horizontal or vertical Heights shown include expansion tank, but do not include the stack.
and have either helical
coils or serpentine coils.
Heater and vaporizer siz-
es range from 0.5 to 70
million Btu/hour. Products
also include pump skids,
storage tanks and expan-
sion tanks.

Heatec facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee Publication No. 11-08-206. Specifications are subject
to change without prior notice or obligation.
© 2008 Heatec Inc.

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